We begin the workshop by discussing green issues in the home, at school and in a global context. With the aid of an interactive presentation we visit an award winning building called ‘Earthship’ which is powered by renewable energy and is built from recycled materials.

After exploring the concepts involved, we examine a range of up-cycled objects and finish by making a visually unique notebook from old maps.

In this workshop we explore a number of topics and themes:

This workshop lasts from 30 minutes to an hour with up to 15 pupils in each class. At the end of the session everyone will take a notebook home to enjoy.

Small steps can add up to big changes. So let’s all learn to reduce our ecological footprint and help maximise our earth’s precious resources.

We open up a dialogue with the pupils to raise awareness on green issues coming up every day at home, in their school and out in the wider world. We will look at a variety of colourful up–cycled objects made from different materials followed by a Q&A session.

Making use of redundant materials challenges us to create new and useful objects from what we formerly regarded as rubbish. Our Up-cycling workshop uses the Tetra-Pack-to-wallet design to demonstrate the transformation. This example shows how discarded cardboard, aluminium and plastic can be used again to create a new object which is both durable and hard wearing. By the end of the session the pupils have learnt that we can all take part in making our world a cleaner and greener place to live.

In this workshop we explore a number of topics and themes:

This workshop lasts from 30 minutes to an hour with up to 35 pupils in each class. 

Thriving on constant change, fast fashion instills a notion that clothes should be cheap and the only way to make this happen is to have the fabric and garments made in countries where wages and regulations can be kept to a minimum.

Fast fashion has caused a dramatic increase in the environmental damage caused by the textile industry during the recent past. This problem will certainly continue into the future unless awareness is raised among consumers with young people being one of the target groups of the fashion industry.

Pupils are encouraged to bring in an old or unloved T-shirt which then can be up-cycled into a beach bag. Spare T-shirts will be brought in on the day for those who forget or can’t find one to up-cycle.

In this workshop we explore a number of topics and themes:

This workshop lasts 60 minutes with up to 35 pupils in each class.